3rd Grade High-Frequency Words

3rd Grade High-Frequency Words organizes 60 spellings into 5 sets of 12 words each.

High-frequency describes how often a word is encountered or used, not that its spelling is irregular — most 3rd Grade high-frequency words follow familiar sound-spelling patterns, and children can rely on that knowledge for much of each word. The sets build cumulatively: early sets emphasize recognizable smaller words and bases inside longer spellings, such as some+thing and with+out, while later sets add contractions, homophones such as weather and whether, and syllable-by-syllable organization for words such as remember and certain.

Where to begin: Working through the 5 sets in order keeps the word count in each session manageable and matches the shift from base-and-part spelling in the early sets to contraction and homophone spelling in the later ones.